The 8th generation of the Legion Slim 7 is primarily a refinement of its predecessor the 7th generation Legion Slim 7. Considering the “adopted child” treatment that Lenovo gave its flagship gaming laptop this year (2023), the Legion Pro 7i, it has been good news that the 2023 Slim 7 was not particularly subject to the same treatment. Lenovo did not take any features away from it. But then it did not add to the promise of the Slim series brand either. While this laptop can still be labelled as a reliable “all rounder”, it feels like Legion is getting left behind and starting to lose its drive and passion for innovation which had set it apart from the competition in the first place.

Years and years of focused development on its Configuration utility, the “Lenovo Vantage” software, does offer a core reason why you could pick it over the competition as it presents one of the more user-friendly experiences; otherwise, the competition from MSI and ROG (MSI) is looking pretty fierce this time around. Not sure if heavy discounts from Lenovo this year would be enough to pull gamers and creators towards it. All this considered, this is STILL perhaps one of the best “sleeper” gaming laptops out there with its discrete looks. Not bland.. but just, simple. It’s a laptop built using a collection of the most pragmatic decisions in the room – nothing wrong with that but it just lacks the secret sauce which can win hearts and not just the minds. I also wanted to compare the performance differences between the 4060 and 4070 laptop variants and I was surprised to the see the differences as well. Perhaps the Ti variants in laptops next year might be able to bring a better distinction between the two Nvidia offerings.
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Specs of the device that was reviewed in this video:
• CPU: Intel i7 13th Gen 13700H; 14 Cores (8,E-cores up to 3.70 GHz | 6,P-cores up to 5.00 GHz)
• GPU: Nvidia RTX 4060; 8 GB GDDR6, 128 bit, 115 W TGP
• RAM: 16 GB DDR5; 5200 Mhz
• SSD: SK Hynix 512 GB Nvme Gen 4
• Network: Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 AX & Bluetooth® 5.1
• Display: QHD+ ; 16:10 (2560x1600) ; 240 Hz; 500 nits, HDR400, 3MS, 100% SRGB and 70% DCI-P3 coverage
• Camera: 1080p, Tobii Horizon
• Battery: 99.9 WH

Games / Apps covered in this review
• Starfield
• Shadow of Tomb Raider
• Forza Horizon 5
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• Farcry 6
• AC Odyssey
• Gears of War
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Modern Warfare 2
• AC Valhalla
• 3d Mark timespy DX12

Other devices referenced in this video:
• Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (Intel 11800H + Nvidia 3070)
• Asus M16 2023 ( Intel i9 13900HX + Nvidia RTX 4070)
• Alienware X16 R1 2023 (Intel i9 13900HK + Nvidia RTX 4080)
• Lenovo Legion Pro 7i 2023 ( Intel i9 13900HX + Nvidia RTX 4070)
• Lenovo Legion 7 2022 ( AMD Ryzen 6800H + Radeon 6700M)

Camera: Samsung S22 Ultra

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Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro & key questions (4060 vs 4070)
1:00 Humble Device Specifications + Price
3:10 Device Dimensions
4:44 Compared to Gen 7 (older model)
6:10 Same bells and whistles
07:16 Keyboard, Typing, RGB, Shortcuts, trackpad
9:59 Tobii Head Tracking & Webcam
11:10 Display & sound
13:01 Thermals
16:26 Battery, charging, RAM
19:02 Performance & Benchmarks
25:37 Conclusion